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      magician , and , as we submit ourselves to his guidance , we pass through the realms of Faery , with their samphire cliffs , their banquetiftg-halls pf silver columns , their golden groves and . amaranthine arcades—the entertainment concluding with an old baronial hall at Christmas time . ,. Striking northward , we enter the Princess ' s Elysium . Here the adventures of the White Cat are lively depictured , and , among other radiant wonders , we see a dance of fairies , each damsel gleaming like a distinctive gem or flower , as if all Golconda and all Cashmere had been showered on the sight . We open our eyes on the Paradise of the White Cat ' s lovely island , lying slumberously on the bosom of a silvery lake ; and we behold a wondrous Christmas Tree , which bursts into an efflorescence of magic splendours , gradually breaking like a rich dawn out of the dark leaves and branches . And , when the harlequinade begins , we have no end of fun , and some special ingenuities in the way of mechanical changes and effects . ........

      well-worn subject of Don Quixote ; and at the Surre y , one on the Shakspearean substratum of Queen Mob , or Harlequin Romeo and Juliet . These are the chief visions of loveliness provided for us this Christmas by the theatrical enchanters . The Saloons doubtless furnish their own public , with more ; but , dazzled and blind with the flood of brilliance through which we have been cleaving , we drop down homewards through the night—we , the Asmodeus of the journey , and you , the instructed Paterfamilias—and find ourselves once more among the things of earth , as the bells are ringing out the dying year , 1857 , and heralding the birth of the yet shrouded mystery , 1858 .

      We have now left Oxford-street , and are beating the air for the neighbourhood of the Strand , where we drop down in the classic home of the departed Vestris the Lyceum . Lalla Rookh shall here conduct us into the East , and Mr . William Brocgh shall keep our wits awake by the constant sparkle of his puns , and Mrs . Charles Dillon as the fair heroine , Miss Woolgar as Feramorz , Mrs . Buckingham White as a captain of Grhibers , Mr . Toole as his ( or her ) chief assistant , Mr . Barrett as the father of Lalla RoolsJi , and Miss Eliza Webb and Miss Esther Jacobs as a Peri and a waiting-maid , shall delight and fascinate us by the spirit and vivacity of their acting , singing , and dancing . Of the gorgeous marvels of the transformation scene—a temple of gold , silver , and jewellery , basking in the light and heat of its own radiance , and lapsing from one beauty into another with the softness and tenderness of a vision—we will only say that it worthily follows in the bright wake of its predecessors in the same locality . _

      . . Mr . Robson of course reigns supreme in the grotesque world of what we may call tragic burlesque ; and so we get into a very peculiar region when , entering the Olympic , we compose ourselves to see and hear The DogeofDuraUo , or the Enchanted Eyes . Mr . Kobert Brough—whose literary partnership with his brother seems now to be dissolved—provides the manager with a part suited to him in the shape of a Doge who has found out the agreeable fact that , whenever his daughter cries , she weeps pearls of price , and who therefore , to gratify his cupidity , makes her continually miserable , until she is spirited away by a lover , when the sordid old father falls into a passion of rage and disappointed avarice . Strangely fine is Mr . Robson in this part , and lie sings two capital parodies—one on Hoop-de-doodem-doo' of the Christy ' s Minstrels , the second on Hood ' s ' Lost Child . ' The other parts are well sustained , and the scenery and costumes are bright and picturesque .

      At Sadler ' s Wells , Mr . Phelps s Fairy region reintroduces us to the charming legend of Beauty and the Beast , combined with the adventures of Little Goody Two-shoes , and Mother Bunch's Book-case in Baby-land . At the Cit y of IiONDON Theatre , we have William If ., and ye Fayre Maid of Harrow , at the Standard , Georgey Porgey , Pudding and Pie ( an entertainment including a very lustrous transformation scene' ); at the Victobia , Harlequin Prince Love-the-Day , or Little Red Riding Hood and the Elfin Wolf ; at Astley ' s , a pantomime on the

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      THE OPERA IN THE WINTER . Mr . L . UMLE y may fairly claim the honour of having accomplished the most complete democratic and social revolution in the operatic world , in a metropolis not , like Paris , celebrated for startling innovations . Imagine * The Opera , ' in all the full significance of those words , on the last night of the old year ! Piccolomini and Gidglini in La Traviata on the 31 st of December , in the city supposed by intelligent foreigners to be enshrouded in fog one half of the year , and deluged with rain the other half ! Let them laugh who win . From Paris we hear of impenetrable fogs and of the languishing Italiens . In London we have no fog to speak of , but , on the contrary , bright brilliant weather to usher in the new year ( may it be the omen of a brighter , and happier year than the last !); and we have , moreover , the Italian Opera House—the house of old time , sacred to the deities of aristocratic summer—thrown open to the winter public , " > and thronged from floor to ceiling with immense audiences of all sorts of people . But even this is scarcely so surprising as that the Italians ( who in the brilliant summer season are often ' indisposed' ) should , in the depth of December , be ready and able to sing with all the freshness , vigour , and delight of larks and thrushes welcoming the spring . After exhausting the compound-worded phraseology of German enthusiasm , and stirring the Dutch critics to a more than Dutch courage of expression , Madlle . Piccolomini has come back again to her island home , her second country , as she may now call England , to unlock the silence of our songless winter , and to lighten with unaccustomed joy the saddened evenings of the departing year . A blessing on her for not having stayed away with the swallows till the green leaves come again ! No wonder she conies rapturously welcomed and caressed , like a spoiled darling , as she is ! She conies home to us again as bright , as airy , as birdlike as ever , captivating , enchanting , fascinating all hearers and beholders , and shedding the light and warmth of a sudden spring upon the wintry night . Giuglini has been singing admirably ; his voice , like fine and generous wine , gains in strength , mellowness , and bouquet , month by month , and in the existing dearth of tenors who have a voice , or who , having k a voice , know how to use it , it is indeed a luxury to listen to the full , rich , tender tones of Giuglini , singing with that evident sense of enjoyment which is caught by an audience like a contagion . The performance of the operas generally has ^ been highly creditable and satisfactory ; and the orchestra , if not always steady ' and precise , has had one great merit , due to " its conductors , ttf has been kept down in the accompaniments . We see no reason why the winter operatic campaign should not extend into the spring , and so the whole year become one entire and perfect OpePTi-Season .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . TIRTH . —On tho 1 > at ult ., at Byculla , Bombay , the wife of John Firth , Esq .: a son . LONGE . —On tho 21 st ult ., at Oroat Yarmouth , tho wlfo of Robert Bacon , Longe , Esq .: a son . WBMYS 8 . —On tho 17 th Nov ., at Dugshahi . tho wife of JUtaut . and Adj . H . M . Womysti , 1 st Bengal Fusiliers : a daughter . MARRIAGES . COX—DRUM MOND . —On tho 28 th ult , at Kidllngton , near Oxford , Captain Edmund Honry Cox , Royal Marino Artillery , to Francos Emily Cadogan , oldest daughter of tho Rev . Arthur Drummond , reotor of Chnrltori , Kent . ' JHOK . JtN 80 N-TOMP 60 N .--On tho 29 th ult ., nt Totnos , Devon , James Dickinson , of LiucolnVinn , Esq ., barrister ¦ at-Uw , to Anno Maria , tho elder daughter of Gilbert Northey Toinpaon , Esq ., of that : place . ^ . ^ __ . _ DEATHS . , PAGAN . —KUIod , on tl ^ lTflrBopCratrDolliiriravIiTg bnonjirevlouHly wounded eight times during tho hIcko , Captain ' ( Cohort C . H . B . Fngan , fourth son of tho into Mftjor-Goiferal O . 8 . Fogan , O . B ., qgod 34 , leaving a widow and , m > x children . . RflDAIAYNE .-On tho 23 rd . ult ., killed in action with tho , rebels , near Mundosoro , In Maiwa , Leonard llcdmaynb , ' '' Ktfq ;; ol Her Mnjctfty ' 9 14 th ( th 6 King '* JLight ) Dragoons , eldest Bon of tho late William 'JLYusur ' o Redmayno , Esq ., ngoa 89 . . SHERIFF . —At Delhi , on tho 14 th Aug ., of a wound received in action on tho 12 th Aug ., Lieut . Puvld JFrauolu Sheriff , 2 nd Bengal Fusiliers .

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      — w London , Friday Evening , January 1 . Ybstekdat the settlement of the 31 st of December account passed , over , and , the Stock Exchange year closed with a more favourable aspect than the recent disasters , both at homo ' and . abroad , nave authorized us to expect . On that day shares generally maintained the late advances , and closed after a slight decline during the day , at the opening prices of the morning , and in many cases at an advance of i to | per cent . Consols which opened at 981 , 94 , receded to 93 J , on the breaking up of the Bank Court , without announcing any reduction in the rate as had been anticipated , recovering , however , at the close of the House to 93 $ , 1 . A reduction has been made by the London and Westminster Bank of 1 per cent , on deposits , which is now 4 per cent , on small amounts , and 5 per cent , on sums of 5001 . and upwards . Tho Bank of France has also reduced its rate from 0 to 5 per cent ., being its lowest rate since September , 1856 . Largo parcels of gold are arriving , and more is expected . The demand for money is easy , both at tho Bank and Stock Exchange . English opened this morning at 93 $ , I , as against 94 at which they opened the 1 st of January , 1857 . The different estimation in which some of our leading shares are held at the opening of the present year , to the corresponding period of 1857 , may be gleaned from tho following comparison : — CLOSING PRICES . Jan . 1857 . Jan . 1868 . London and Brighton 112 108 Caledonian 03 * 864 Eastern Counties tfOi 00 Great Northern 914 98 Great Western 094 60 i London and North Western ... 107 Wi Midland 83 02 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 071 94 $ North Stafford 12 * 14 ! South Eastern 744 724 London and South Western ... 1074 " 74 Berwick 8-4 98 York and North 60 80 After business hours , Consols olosu 94 i , t , and markets generally very good .

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      Blackburn , 9 | 101 Caledonian , 85 * . 85 J ; Chester and Holyliead , 84 , 30 ; Eastern Count Ion , 01 ) j , 004 ; Great Northern , 074 , 984 ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland / , 07 , 01 ) , Great Wen tern , 60 . COi ; Lancashire and Vorkaliiro . illi , 95 ; London and Blackwall , 0 , 0 i ; London , Brighton , JMHUSoMljJpoab £ , 107 , 10 t >! London and North- Western , 084 , oo ( i . oiui ^ irTmrsoutirHvMtoV'nrw ^ ros-rMiciiniifir ^ oit ^ 02 i ; . NoiLh-Kivatcrn ( Berwick ) , 074 , M * » South-HatHorn ( Dover ) , 72 , 73 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , Hi . 1 \ Dutch Rhenish , 31 , 2 } ( Mh . \ Kaatorn of Franco ( l iirln and Strnnuourg ) . 27 , 2 H ; Groat Central of franco , s Groat Luxembourg , 7 . J , 8 it Northern of Franco , » 84 , ill ) j 1 ' mWn nnd Lyons , M \ , Mk t Royal Danish , 10 , , IB ; Uwnl Swedibli 4 , 4 ; Biunbroand iUouso . Si , 8 j /

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      CORN MARKE T . Mark-lano , Thursday , January 1 . TnnocauouT tho cpuntry tho buppllou of \\ heat have been

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      FliOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday ^ December 20 . BANKRUPTS . —John Barber and Frederick Rosenauek , Hammond-court , Mincing-lane , general merchants —Jonathan and Robert Hills , High-street , Gravesemi . and High-street , Dartford , bankers-. William Cullhmoee , Upper Seymour-street , Euston-square , draper—Peter McLachlan , Birchin-lane , Cornhill , and St . George ' s-terrace , Kilburn , baker , pastry cook — Jon n Green and William Baker , Newgate » streot , stay manufacturers—William and Henrt wbclsted , Molyneuxstreet and Shouldharn-street , Br vans tone-square , cabinet makers and upholsterers—William Heniiy Watkins , Portsea , Hants , innkeeper , licensed victualler , wholesale stationer—James Wateh , Gravesend . hotel keeper—Anthua Jackson , Peterborough , Northampton , corn merchant—Thomas Rolling , Palterton . Derby , cattle dealer and woolstapler—Robert and John Blow , Groat Grimsby , corn and coal merchants—Georgk Livermouk Siiorlanp , Strotl ' ord-road , Hulme , Manchester , ironmonger—Silas Tetlow . Oldham , Lancaster , cotton waste dealer—Benjamin Haiou , Dukiuileld , Chester , engine maker . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —W . Morton , Hamilton , Lanarkshire , grocor—P . A . G . Grant , Kenowaird , Invornesa-slilro , tacksman —J . N » wl . anju 8 , Dumbartonshire , draper—Ramsay and Smart , Arbroath , manufacturers—D . Stewart , Glasgow , grocor—J . Liddbll , Glasgow , commission agont—Connkli . and Taylor , Glasgow , sowed muslin manufacturers—J . Phasrr , Muirflold , Inverness , shipowner—J . Strapp , Renfrewshire , contractor—T . Rbnwick , Glasgow , tea merchant—J . Goqdall , Kirkaldy , confectioner - J . M'Lintock , Blackburn , Liulithgowshlrc , merchant . Friday , January 1 . BANKRUPTS . —Francis Glaxton . Dovorcourt , Essox , innkeeper — Thomas Roaoii , Old Broad-sticot , mining agent — Hknuv Watkjnb , lrongate-wharf , Praod-strect , l ' addingtou , merchant — John Ncutt , Shrowsbury , cDfl dualor—Haunaro Ghough Dykr , Cardiff , ship ohai'dlor—Oitoitau Wall , Cheltenham , baker— William QUavmj , Liverpool , nhip broker — William Tavlor tho eldor , WjU . 4 * iA M Taylor th « younger , and Hunky Taylor , iJarnHloyTriiToirm ' aivufiKJturorH ^ SA-AiuKi ^ PBKKV r iiirinlnS' - ham , lowellor—Auolimi F . Bkokma . n , North Shields , shipchandler—William IIukb , Warwick , commission agent—William Cook , Birmingham , mono inuoon—John Cultifouu and Jam us Thompson , Staffordshire , Bradley Hull Ironworks—Daniel Udqau Monies , Liverpool , jtijuroliaiiL SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —John Maodonalp , rotildiug In MuHUerburgh , partner' of tho Western Bank ol ' Scotland— XtONALQs and Co ., 1 ' aluloy , uhawl manufaoturon * — Qeomok Ouohtkiihon , Gruuuook , iron merchant — Roiikrt Blair and Co ., Glasgow , hot-nrosser — Petbu M'Laren , Glasgow , uhlp carpenter .

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      very moderate , and the general tone of the trade is firmer . The demand , however , continues to be only in Yctail . Barley and Oats are also a trifle better , but Maize and Beans do not show any signs of improvement . The prices on the spot aro—good runs of English re d Wheat 48 s . per quarter , Saxonka 45 s .. soft St . Petersburg 42 s . to 44 s ., Mecklenburg 62 lbs . Wheat 60 s . to 51 s . per 496 lba . ; Upland 48 s . to 49 s . per 490 lbs . Norfolk Flour 33 s . to 33 s . 6 d . Malting Barley 36 s . to 39 s . per 424 lbs . Saal 35 s . Archangel Oats 2 ' )» ., Odessa 18 s . to 19 s .

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      Herr Wiljalba Frhcell , the famous Russian physician and prestidigitateur , had the honour on Thursday of exhibiting his extraordinary performances , by special command , before the Queen and Prince Consort , the Princess Royal , the Prince of Wales , and the Royal and distinguished visitors enjoying her Majesty ' s hospitality at Windsor . The Rkvenue Returns for the year and quarter ending on Thursday present the rather formidable falling off , as compared with those of the preceding year , of somewhat more than 1 , 800 , 0002 . This diminution would have been greater but for an unwonted increase under the head of Miscellaneous : and as we learn from a Ministerial organ that this increase is principally owing to sales of military stores , it would really appear that these sales had been forced on at a time when military stores are so much in demand for tho purposes of trying to save appearances . In the Customs there has been a diminution in the year ' s receipts of 1 , 154 , 028 / . ; in the Excise , of 601 , 778 / . ; and in the Property Tax , of 890 , 425 / 1 The first two items indicate a falling off in the year's consumption amounting to nearly two millions ; and this falling off in consumption appears to have been steadily increasing throughout tho last nine months .- —Daily News .

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      oa THE LEADER . [ No . 406 , January 2 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2224/page/20/